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Ten steps for tech employees seeking freelance IT jobs
How to land your very first temporary, freelance or contract tech assignment as a full-time IT worker.
How to handle multi-stage interviews on tech or telecom jobs
Five top ways to survive numerous rounds of questions, tests and interrogators.
IR35 case law compendium: famous faces who lost to HMRC
And how IT job board users can avoid the same fate as four celebrity limited company workers.
Top pay for contract network engineers in 2025 be like…
The best rates as a freelance, temporary or contract network engineer aren’t to be sniffed at.
'Why do you want this IT job?' Best reply at interview be like…
How full-timers and freelancers should answer an age-old tech job query 'without selling your soul to the interview devil.'
5 tips for landing your next IT job
Tried and tested ways to secure a tech job online – shared with Free-Work by an IT recruiter with 20 years’ experience.
How outside IR35 appeals, and what outside IR35 looks like
Why limited company contractors shun ‘inside IR35,’ plus top tips if a ‘client’ starts acting like your ‘employer.’
Is AI or ChatGPT okay to write your CV with?
Think again before using AI to write your CV from scratch, but there’s value in a ‘skills gap analysis.’
The Countdown is on: Just 4 Weeks Until TechEx Global 2025!
London will host one of the year’s most anticipated tech events as TechEx Global 2025 returns to Olympia on 5-6 February.
How techies can move from private to public sector in 2025
Leap29 says IT job board users can use their past commercial projects to connect to a future in public service in just five steps.
What IT training courses will be hot in 2025, as AI evolves?
Revealed: The crop of certifications that fit best (for now at least) with an underway evolution in Artificial Intelligence.
Best paying freelance tech project manager jobs in 2025 be like…
How much project management skills will fetch next year, pending six factors returning day rates ranging from £400 to £850-plus.
The secret productivity hacks IT contractors are missing
ChatGPT, Signal, Pivot Tables and Firewalla. And of course the ‘digital Swiss Army knife for contractors.’ Could you do with sharpening up?
TechEx 2025 is returning to London!
7000+ tech professionals will join together to explore the latest technology advancements from over 150 exhibitors and 200 speakers.
Best data engineer/scientist/analyst certifications of 2025
Firebrand Training previews for Free-Work next year’s five top certifications as a data professional.